Massive activation cost makes it pretty worthless. By the time you have 4 extra mana, you should have gotten all your colors by then. And if you don't have the colors in your deck, there's still much better options out there.
Guest57443454
★★☆☆☆ (2.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Really bad, just to get one activation??? Why bother...
rubber
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(5 votes)
This is within the 5 worst cards ever printed. Enough said.
Kirbster
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(21 votes)
Use it to play Fist of Suns.
You now have a Fist of the North Star.
SleetFox
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(9 votes)
I wish they made highly stylized art like this still. There is some great talent now, but I miss some of the cards that leave more to the imagination.
Then again, this is coming from someone who actually likes the art for Stasis
(Oh and this card sucks.)
FouCapitan
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
It's a decent fallback for multicolor decks if you get stuck with a hand of cards that you lack that one color of mana to play.
I agree with SleetFox. LOVE the artwork for this card... it's sad that it sucks so terribly bad.
Sironos
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Wow, this sux. 4 is just waaay too expensive in both instances.
Pontiac
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I use this in my mono-red deck to play Storm Crow and Chimney Imp for the win.
Gabriel422
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
@Kirbster: This actually comboes with Fist of Suns; now you can play any spell with just nine colorless mana! Just think about all the Primalcruxes, Dawn Elementals and Cruel Ultimatums you could cram into one deck! Oh, I'd feel like such a cheater if I had such a deck.
This card could be helpful in a multicolor deck along with thran turbine.
NeoKoda
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Useful ability, horrendous cost. I guess a few Training Grounds would help with that, though.
EDIT: No, it wouldn't. The name and art makes this seem like a creature, so I got confused.
GrimjawxRULES
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@NeoKoda: March of the Machines is the card you're looking fore. And yes, that combo is extremely silly. Kirbster's Fist of the North Star would even become a 5/5 beaststick with that combo. Oh yeah, and Training Grounds's name is ridiculously awesome in that deck xD
Damn, I might even make that deck just for teh lulz some day.
Amazingly bad. Just use lands or whatever that produce mana of the proper color instead of adding 4 to the casting cost of whatever you're trying to do. That being said, I understand their fear of completely taking away color limitations.
Kryptnyt
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
AAAAAAAAAATATATATATATATATATATATA
nope.avi
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Honestly should cost 5 mana and give he ability to spend mana as if it was mana of any color permanently and would be somewhat playable, however still not good.
dberry02
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is one of the worst mana fixing card in the game.
Fenix.
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Kirbster your comment made my day.
PastProphet
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
found this in an old dusty box... got me thinking, just some EDH brainstorming: since you are limited by your color identity, this would let you cast off-color spells. (it doesn't generate colored mana, but lets you cast with any color) Praetor's Grasp, etc let you cast opponents' cards but you gotta pay for them; this would let you cast green spells in your black deck! also, the real combo here is in blue, with Power Artifact + Basalt Monolith = infinite colorless mana = cast anything {X} thru the North Star... I'd also love to use Dual Casting for a second infinite-X Fireball, and maybe Illusionist's Bracers to copy that effect to kill player 3 as well
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
This card blows a hot donkey dick.
SnickaPlease
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Wow this is terrible
A3Kitsune
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's a useful ability, it just costs too much. March of the Machines and Training Grounds/Heartstone are a solution to that problem. And with that female - I think she's a spirit but I can't be sure - being so prominent in the art, it makes sense for the Star to be animated. Is there any kind of explanation, from WotC, the Legends designers, or Kaja Foglio, on who and what that lady is?
How on earth is this rated almost 1.6 stars? It is completely unplayable in any deck. On turn 5 you can play a spell that costs 1 mana that you couldn't normally produce. That is terrible! There are countless ways to fix your mana better than this.
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You now have a Fist of the North Star.
Then again, this is coming from someone who actually likes the art for Stasis
(Oh and this card sucks.)
And Prismatic Omen.
EDIT: No, it wouldn't. The name and art makes this seem like a creature, so I got confused.
Damn, I might even make that deck just for teh lulz some day.
since you are limited by your color identity, this would let you cast off-color spells.
(it doesn't generate colored mana, but lets you cast with any color)
Praetor's Grasp, etc let you cast opponents' cards but you gotta pay for them; this would let you cast green spells in your black deck!
also, the real combo here is in blue, with Power Artifact + Basalt Monolith = infinite colorless mana = cast anything {X} thru the North Star...
I'd also love to use Dual Casting for a second infinite-X Fireball, and maybe Illusionist's Bracers to copy that effect to kill player 3 as well
Is there any kind of explanation, from WotC, the Legends designers, or Kaja Foglio, on who and what that lady is?